Another man’s take on P&P3
We have previously linked to similar stories, but we found this one from Australia especially amusing.
And so we sat and watched the new Pride and Prejudice. And we sat and sat. It was OK as far as Pride and Prejudices go, I guess. Keira Knightley did some odd things with her jaw at times, but, you know, whatever gets you through. The old man behind us, who used to make the most beautiful pies in his bakery, said she “looked like a bloody piranha, the way she goes on with her gob”. But my mum couldn’t care less about Keira, or Lizzy as she was called in the new Pride and Prejudice. She was interested in Mr Darcy.
Mr Darcy. I rubbed my head. What did I think, she asked, about Mr Darcy?
What is it about Mr Darcy and women?
I said he was all right. “Although I think he had a wig.”
“Mr Darcy wasn’t bald,” she said.
“Yes,” I said, “but I think that fella’s hair was a bit thin. But he was pretty good.”
My mother was silent for a while. “Yes,” she said, “I liked him, I liked that Mr Darcy.”
Check it out, you will not be sorry (even the non-snarkers).
December 24th, 2005 at 7:16 pm
That was delightful! Especially the delirium towards the end. I went to see the film a few weeks back. I think the first words out of my mouth at the end were: “The leg rub was a nice touch. Of course, that isn’t in the book, though”
December 25th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
I think Keira was improvising with the leg rub. She was turned on.
December 28th, 2005 at 2:26 am
This is most amusing, especially as Mr McInnes played darcy on stage here in Australia a few years ago. I saw him and he made a very fine Darcy. He is a bit of a heart throb around these parts…although he may be on the ‘wrong’ side of 40 now. But then again, so is Col! http://www.hha.com.au/authors/williammcinnes.html
December 28th, 2005 at 9:29 am
Oh! Oh! I know who he is! He’s the guy who took over for David Wenham in Sea Change. He’s no Diver Dan, I’ll tell ya.
Diver Dan would’ve taken a girl to see a chick flick and not complained about it…hmph.